Instructional Design and Learning Theory on the Development of a Multimedia Courseware

This paper discusses on the possibility of taking advantage of the well-served Gagne's theory of learning and combining it with the benefits of instructional design. Such potent combination can surely be extended further with the integration of advanced multimedia is undoubtedly helpful in today's education realm. The best of all these factors may have a positive impact on the teaching and learning scenario. Hopefully it has an optimistic bearing on the study of computer programming for non-computer science students when an interactive multimedia application is developed based on Gagne's theory of learning. Keyword:Gagne's theory of learning; e-learning; instructional design; multimedia courseware